Defending, Celebrating & Restoring America's Waterways

The Clean Water Act’s Anniversary is on October 18th, and we’re thinking about how it has made a difference for our waterways.

This bedrock environmental law was enacted forty-three years ago and ever since then has been one of our most important tools for protecting our waterways. Since 1972, our waterways have become much cleaner, but there’s still work to be done!

Below are some tools that you can use for the Anniversary of the Clean Water Act.

Click here for template letters to the editor from Environment America, focused on the Clean Water Rule.

Click here to read the report by Environment America Research and Policy Center to learn more about how the Clean Water Act has made a difference for waterways around the country.